Dry closet.



A. H. MOORE.

DRY CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6'. 191a.

Patented May 28,1918.

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A. H. MOORE.

DRY CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. me.

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ALBERT H. MOORE, OF KEN SETT, ARKANSAS.

DRY cLosnT.

Specification of Ietters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed September 6, 1916. Serial No. 118,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. MooRn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kensett, in the county of White and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Dry Closets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to dry closets, and the primary object of the invention is to so construct the closet that flies, and the like, will be excluded from coming in contact with the feces contained within the closets.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a dry closet having a receiving structure consisting of an outer casing, and an inner removable receptacle, the said receptacle being arranged in spaced relation with the lower wall of the casing, and the said casing and receptacle having discharge outlets therein to admit of liquid being drained from the receptacle and discharged into any suitable drain.

Other objects will appear andbe better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of the receiving structure for the closet,

Fig. 2 is a section, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken through the outer casing with the receptacle removed, and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, taken through adjacent lower edges at one end of the structure.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the letter A designates the receiving structure as an entirety. While not shown, it is to be understood, that the structure shown in the drawings, when in actual use, is to be inclosed within a suitable housing of the type employed for The receiving structure consists of an outer casing 1 formed of top, bottom, opposite sides and end walls. The bottom wall of the casing has its rear edge extended a distance beyond the rear wall of the casing, as shown inclosing such structures.-

at' 2, in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and overlying and secured to the upper surface of the extended portion 2 of the bottom wall of the casing is a longitudinally eX- tending strip 3. The rear wall of the easing is held in place at the lower end by the strip 3, and detachably secured to the top wall by means of a hook, said rear wall consisting of a frame which incloses a rectangular screen 4, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The top wall of the casin 1 is provided with inlet openings 5, whici are normally closed by means of hinged lids 6, which are hinged to strips secured to the upper or top wall of the casing 1.

Located within the casing 1 and resting on the lower wall of the casing is a pair of spaced transverse spacing strips 7. These spacing strips 7 serve as rests for a receptacle 8, which is removably positioned within the casing 1 and includes a bottom wall and opposite sides and end walls, the upper wall or the top of the receptacle 8 being opened and underlying the openings 5 in the top wall of the casing 1. The receptacle 8 is adapted to receive the feces discharged through the openings 5 in the upper wall of the casing l. The lower wall of the receptacle 8 is provided with an opening 9, which has the inner end closed by means of a screen 10, and one of the side walls of the receptacle 8 is likewise provided with a pair of openings 11 similar to the opening 9 in the lower wall, and have their inner ends closed by means of screens 12 similar to the screen 10 which covers the opening 9 in the lower wall of the receptacle. These openings 9 and 11 admit of liquid being drained from the receptacle, so as to admit of the receptacle being kept in a comparatively dry condition.

The lower Wall of the casing 1 is also provided with a plurality of openings designated 13, and a plurality of screens 14 similar to the screens 9 and 12 overlie the upper or inner ends of the openings 13 formed in the lower wall of the casing 1. These openings 13 in the lower wall of the casing 1 admit of the liquid being discharged or drained from the receptacle 8.

When it is desired to remove the receptacle 8 from the casing 1 the rear wall of the casing 1 is removed, and the receptacle 8 slid outwardly to admit of the contents therein being emptied. It will be noted that the strip 7 in addition to serving as means for holding the receptacle spaced above the lower wall of the casing, also serve as tracks to admit of the convenient removal from and the replacement of the receptacle within the casing.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, is:

A device of the class described comprising a casing having the upper wall thereof provided with openings, a lower wall having its rear edge extending beyond the rear wall of said casing, a longitudinally extending strip secured to the extending portion of said lower wall, spacing strips located within the casing and secured to the lower wall ing said rear wall to said upper wall and a receptacle removably mounted within. the casing and resting on the spacing strips.

In testimony whereoi l atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT H. MOORE.

Witnesses J. A. Nonron, PERRY Suresox.

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